Hand strap



April 30, 1935. L. M. CLARK 1,999,958

' HAND STRAP 7 Filed July 7, 1952 2 sh ets-shew 1 ATTORNEY April 30,1935; 1,. M. CLARK HAND STRAP Filed July 7, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i 81/92 27 (7am? lNVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 30, 1935 'Leverett M. Clark, Depew, N. Y.,assignor to V Waugh Equipment Company, Depewf N. Y., a corporation of Maine I x Application July 7, 1932, Serial Not'szizsa ficlaimslfi'(Cl."105354) I g I The invention relatesto metallic'hand'straps, junctureof the latter withlth'e supportinguarm or shank, WhlCh not infrequently produces break- The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the hand strap and its support partly broken away. 7 Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the complete strap.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevamoved beyond the positions indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. The lower end of the shank l is finished as a flat bar-like member 2 having parallel side with concave cavities 3, 3. the connection.

As heretofore manufactured, hand straps of the character indicated have been formed with a generally stirrup-shaped hand hold or grip loop consisting of a porcelain-enamel tubular body portion having its two ends flattened and united to the flattened lateral faces of the arm perpendicular and toward the side of forcmg the shank against the vehicle, so as to be out of the sengers. The stops permit the hand straps to cated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. When in either r f these extreme positions, any attempt on the W111 be transmitted to the thinner portions :2, 5 part of the passengers to force the straps beyond of the hand p. It has been found that time .of strap will withstand all ordinary stresses that can be imposed-by the user without any bending or deformation of the tending to rupat the points of faces which are provided near their lower endsv I parts and without showing any tendency to crack or chip away the enamel of the hand grip.

The same general desirable effects are produced in the modifications shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, in which case the lower end of the shank or supporting arm 2 is flared outwardly and laterally in each direction to provide flat side faces engaged by the flattened ends 5' of the handheld or grip 4, said ends being secured to the wedgelike extension 2' by the usual rivets 6. In this case, the wedge-like projection 2 is extended to engage the terminal portions of the tubular members of the grip 4, which terminal portions are finished with wing-like members 4' which merge into the flattened end sections 5 andafiord an opening through which the lowermost rivet 6 may be passed. With this particular construction, a relatively large bearing area is provided between the lower portion of the wedge-shaped terminal 2" of the shank and the terminal portions of the tubular member 4, these bearing areas serving to take up any bending stresses and prevent the latter being transmitted to the relatively thin end sections 5' of the gripi What I claim is:

l. A hand'strap comprising a tubular hand grip loop having flat ends, and a rigid supporting arm having an end provided with flat sides secured to the flat ends of the grip by means of rivets and extending between and engaging the terminal portions of the tubular member, the lower end of the arm being provided with concave seats engaged by the terminal portions of the tubular member.

2. A hand strap comprising a tubular hand grip stirrup-like loop having sides diverging from their free ends toward the bight of the loop and having flattened ends, and a rigid supporting arm having an end provided with flat sides secured directlybetween the flattened ends of the loop and projecting beyond the flattened ends toward the bight of the loop, so as to underlie and engage against a part of the tubular portions of the loop sides.

3. A hand strap comprising a tubular hand grip stirrup-like loop having sides their free ends toward the bight of the loop and having flattened gage against a part of the tubular grip stirrup-like .loop

diverging from ends, a rigid supporting arm having an end provided with flat sides secured directly between the flattened ends of the loop and projecting beyond the flattened ends toward the bight of the loop, so as to underlie and enportions of the loop sides, and means on the arm cooperating with the end portions of the sides of the loop for maintaining said sides in said diverging relation. v v

4. A hand strap comprising a tubular hand having sides diverging from their free ends toward the bight of the loop and having flattened ends, a rigid supporting arm having an end provided with flat sides secured directly between the flattened ends of the loop and projecting beyond the flattened ends toward the bight of the loop, so as to underlie and engage against a part of the tubular portions of the loop sides, and means on the sides of the loop at the juncture thereof with said arm for resisting distortion of the loop with respect to the supporting arm in a direction'normal to the plane of the loop. 7

5. A hand strap comprising a tubular hand grip stirrup-like loop having sides diverging from their free ends toward the bight or" the loop and having flattened ends, and a rigid supporting arm having an end provided with flat sides secured directly between the flattened'ends of the loop and projecting beyond the flattened ends toward the bight oi the loop, so as to underlie and'engage against a part of the tubular portionsoi the loop sides, the tubular end portions of the loop sides and said arm having portions engaging within'one another for preventing distortion of the loop with respect to the arm.

6. A hand strap comprising a tubular hand grip stirrup-like loop having sides diverging from their free ends toward the bight of the loop and having flattened ends, and a rigid supporting arm having an end provided with flat sides secured directly between the flattened ends of the loop and projecting beyond the flattened ends toward the bight of the loop, so as to underlie and engage against a part of the tubular portions 01" the loop sides, the loop sides and said arm having interengaging projections and recesses.

' LEVER ETI M. CLARK.- 

